#56BDE9#56BDE9

#56BDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE9
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -16.81, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 35.08, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0745 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.114 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7375, 44.2530, 83.6806)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE9 #E98256

analogous

#56E9CB #56BDE9 #5674E9

triadic

#56BDE9 #E956BD #BDE956

tetradic

#56BDE9 #CB56E9 #E98256 #74E956

square

#56BDE9 #CB56E9 #E98256 #74E956

split-complementary

#56BDE9 #E95674 #E9CB56

monochromatic

#1781AE #20A8E2 #56BDE9 #8CD2F0 #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#56BDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE9

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE9	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1f0',
    500: '#56bde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde9;
$custom-light: #93d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.755,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE9

secondary

#E8C3B3

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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